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Cara Biddle, MD, is a pediatrician at Children’s National Health System. She serves as the Medical Director of the Children's Health Center, a primary care center which treats infants and children from around the city and the surrounding metropolitan area. Dr. Biddle is involved in the training of medical students and residents at Children’s National with a particular focus on general pediatrics and the delivery of community-focused, comprehensive healthcare services in the setting of the medical home.

Dr. Biddle also has a special interest in care for children and adolescents with special health care needs including cerebral palsy, growth and developmental delays, technology-dependence, genetic syndromes, and other chronic medical problems. She is fluent in Spanish and sees many Latino children and families.

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Moving some mental health services into a primary care setting can remove barriers to mental healthcare and provide easy, quick access to services to the many that need them. This integrated model is one government agencies and mental health organizations advocate as a means to increase the availability of treatment and improve the nation’s mental healthcare system.

Karen Frantantoni, MD, MPH, leads the Children’s National Health System research team that has received a $2 million contract from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study how parent navigators can help families and children with fragile medical conditions successfully manage the transition from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to the home.